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Meaning of nonaffixed | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Having no affixes; composed of a single morpheme.
    not-comparable
  2. Not a fixture; not built in.
    not-comparable
  3. Detached; unconnected.
    not-comparable

Examples

“The Manelis and Tharp ( 1977 ) investigation failed to find a difference between affixed and nonaffixed words in either direction, a result that favored the independent entries hypothesis over either version of the decompositional hypothesis.”
“Other nonaffixed polysyllabic words (words of more than one syllable with neither a prefix nor a suffix) are generally stressed initially also, when they are of Germanic origin.”
“The grammatical status of the final cluster (e.g., comparisons of nonaffixed "guest" with suffixed "crossed" ) as well as phonetic environment (e.g., consonant versus vowel context immediately following the cluster as in "A dog chased my cat yesterday" vs. "A dog chased a cat yesterday") were variables of interest.”
“Observing that nonaffixed articles have been held to be constructively annexed only when they are essential to the purpose of predominant fixtures and concluding that the boxes were not essential to the operation of the vault or the building, the District Court of Appeal held that the boxes and their metal con- tainers were personal property and, therefore, exempt from property taxation under Section 16, Article XIII of the California Constitution which provides an "in lieu" tax for banks.”
“No case has been cited to us or has been found as a result of our study which would justify departure in this situation from the universal rule denying compensation for movable, nonaffixed personal property on condemned realty.”
“One can appreciate that when a prudent secured party takes a security interest in a good that it expects to become a fixture, that secured party not only should make a fixture filing, but also should file any financing statement necessary to perfect a security interest in the good in its nonaffixed form.”
“Thus, in relation to the issue of appropriation of property, although the ship had not been completed, the property in the uncompleted ship, excluding the nonaffixed material, was the property of the purchaser.”
“More likely, the existence of this diverse group show in Frankfurt in September 1967 illustrates an early engagement by European artists with loose materials composed of nonaffixed elements (whether natural or not) —what in New York in a few years would be named Postminimalism .”
“This habit of Mencken's stood the Library in good stead, for all nonaffixed correspondence with twentieth-century authors was left to the New York Public Library, restricted until January 31, 1971.”
“Commenting on these concepts under the former industrial property law, Professor Rangel-Medina stated that both an affixed and nonaffixed usage should be deemed trademark use under Mexican law, that legal effect should be accorded even in the absence of a physical relation between the trademark and the product itself, and that any mention and reference to the trademark, either written or oral, should be accorded legal effect in the resolution of controversies.”
“A nonaffixed IUP measuring unit has a certain risk that it could be expelled by propagated uterine contractions during the early postpartum period.”
“An example of this is in acceleration/declaration trauma, when a nonaffixed portion of the aorta is forced anterior while the affixed portion is more or less stable.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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